Hey guys! As the tittle might suggest, this is my version of the episode 'Cause and Xs', just with an additional dose of snowbarry.

Sooo, i was planning on going to sleep one night but my brain apparently had a different idea. It was just like "Okay listen, i know you want to sleep right now but you know what would be a better idea? Snowbarry! Come on, get up." So yeah, that's how this happened. Stupid snowbarry obsessed brain, i already have enough prompts to work on! Shoo!

Anyways, long note. UGH! Sorry. I'll leave you to read now. Enjoy. :D

The team was led to the cortex by an alarm going off. "Proximity alarm is going off at the starchives." Iris informed everyone.

"Wait, starchives? They're real?" Nora asked visibly confused.

"Yeah, why?" Cisco asked in return.

"Well, i've heard of these before. "The secret storage of the flash" people used to call it but everyone thought it was just a myth. Even if it was real, nobody knew where it was, and even if you knew, you would have a really hard time getting inside. People used to say it was like Fort Knox but worse." She explained.

As she was doing this, Cisco pulled up the security footage. "Uh, guys? We have a problem." Everyone looked over to the monitor to see that it was Cicada, he seemed to be looking for something.

"Okay. Cait, suit up. I'm going to need backup." Barry immediately said and she gave a brief nod before going to change. Iris looked a little annoyed, she never really liked it when Barry gave orders since she was the leader of the team but most of the time she kept this to herself.

"Schway, i'll finally get to see the starchives." Nora exclaimed with a little jump.

She was about to star walking out but Barry stopped her. "You're not going anywhere, young lady. You are still injured and you promised Caitlin you would rest."

"But dad..." She tried to argue but was cut off by Barry again. "No buts, you're staying here and that's final." Before she could protest further Barry was flashing over to his suit and out of the room.

Barry went to look for Caitlin to go and take care of Cicada and he found her in Cisco's workshop. She was still changing and therefore was still in her underwear, Barry instantly turned around. "Sorry."

She let out a light chuckle. "It's okay. I'm sorry, i can't change as fast as you." In the meantime she was struggling with her new suit.

"Do you...eh, do you need some help?" Barry offered with a crazy blush on his face.

"Ugh, yes please. I don't know why Cisco insisted on this being so hard to get into." In less then a second she was surrounded by the speedster lightning she was all too familiar with and she was changed.

Barry chuckled as he remembered something and Caitlin was curious. "What? Did you sneak another peek, Mr. Allen?"

Barry laughed as he remembered that part. "No, i did not. Like i said Dr. Snow, i wouldn't be much of a hero if i did. But i was however thinking back to that night as well, when i saved you from that oh so evil dress."

This made Caitlin laugh, she remembered that night like it was yesterday. It was probably one of her favorite moments with Barry. "You're unbelievable, you know that right? And a tease as well."

Barry swiftly swooped her up, she let out a little quiet squeal that Barry adored. "Only with you, Dr. Snow." He winked making her blush even harder then she was already and they sped off.

Nora overheard part of the conversation from the hallway but didn't think much of it. "They're good friends. Friends do this kind of stuff." She thought.

The pair arrived at the starchives and soon enough found Cicada. Barry was fighting him up close while Caitlin was trying to isolate his dagger from afar.

She was looking around for ways to get it from him but in that moment that she was distracted, Cicada launched his dagger towards her. Barry instantly reacts and speeds in front of it, making it his him instead, right in the heart.

Back in the cortex, everyone noticed his vitals suddenly dropping. "Barry? Barry, are you okay?" Iris asked repeatedly but each time, no response. Nora immediately sped off.

Caitlin shot a few ice dagger towards Cicada and on hits his shoulder resulting in him pulling his dagger back and flying off again. She kneels down to Barry who is bleeding out of the floor. "Why did you do that?" She asked him.

He took a few breaths before finally being able to speak up. "Because i love you." He replied. This was obviously heard over the comms resulting in Cisco spitting his drink all over the consoles. "I knew it!" He yelled to which Iris gave him her death stare, the same one he would receive when he would bring up getting Barry back from the speedforce last year.

Caitlin was speechless at his statement. She was thinking about all those years where she kept her feelings for him buried since he was still going after Iris. Never in her wildest dreams could she imagine him actually feeling the same about her especially since he was already married.

"I would throw myself in front of that dagger again and again and again if that meant keeping you safe. I love you, Cait." He took her hand as he took his last breath.

Nora was silently watching the events unfold from the sidelines. She didn't know what to think or what to do so she just ran.

She didn't know where she was going and she closed her eyes and the next thing she knew she was back in the lounge, with the alarm going off.

She rushed to the cortex and was met with the sight of Barry still being very much alive. "Proximity alarm is going off at the starchives." Iris said again. "Did i reverse time?" She was thinking to herself. She was thinking about what her father had said right before he died, what would she do? "Okay, he probably only said that because he was dying, he was probably confused, that's all."

Barry and Caitlin made their way over again but this time Nora was right behind them. As Cicada threw his dagger Nora made sure to move Caitlin, resulting in the dagger flying right by them. "Wow, thank you." Caitlin said. What they didn't know however was that the dagger was coming back around.

Again, Barry speed right into it's path to save her. Cicada flew off again and Nora was standing there in shock, listening to Barry repeat those same words again.

Nora ran off to try and reverse time once more and she found herself back in the lounge.

She entered the cortex again. "Why? Why can't i fix this." She thought, panicking slightly.

She was brought out of her thoughts by Barry speaking. "Okay. Cait, suit up. I'm going to..." He was cut off by Nora. "Dad, i'll go with you. I've always wanted to see the starchives." She noticed that Barry was about to protest but by that time she already flashed out.

Caitlin move over to Barry and whispered. "Does she not like me or something?" Barry put his hand on her shoulder and gives her a sincere look. "Of course not. She adores you, we all do." He whispered back. Nora was still at the door to the hallway and couldn't help but notice what had happened.

Barry and Nora made their way to the starchives and started battling Cicada. It didn't take long for them to notice that it wasn't going too well. Nora then noticed a breach opening in front of her and none other then Caitlin stepped through. "What are you doing here?" She pretty much yelled.

"Well, it looked like you could use a hand." Caitlin said, a little surprised by her tone.

In that time Cicada threw his again and like the last time, Barry lunged himself in front of Caitlin.

This time Nora didn't even wait until he said that he loved her.

This happened over and over and over again and each time Nora ran back. Every time she tried, no matter what she tried, the outcome was the same. Every single time, Barry would sacrifice himself for the woman he loved. In all the times she went back she also discovered that Cicada didn't actually want to steal anything, he was just setting a trap so he could kill Caitlin but each time it would result in Barry's death instead.

Over the course of time however, Nora was starting to pick up on Barry's love for Caitlin. The small touches here and there, his tone whenever he spoke to her, the look in his eyes whenever she was in sight. It was starting to become very clear to her.

Nora was panicking completely at this point. "What if i can't fix this?"

"Nora?" Barry called for her as she entered the cortex but she didn't reply, she was too busy thinking about what she could do. "Nora?" He said again, louder this time.

She snapped out of her thoughts again. "Hmm? Yes? What?"

"You've been reversing time, haven't you?" He wasn't sure at first but he could feel whenever another speedster manipulated time, eventually realizing what she was doing.

She didn't know what to say, everyone was looking at her as if she just committed a crime and was being interrogated so instead she just quietly nodded. "Why?" Was all that was heard from Iris.

She sighed. "It's because of the alert that's about to go off. Cicada it going to attack the starchives, he doesn't actually want anything. It's a trap, he only wants to kill Caitlin.

"Then we just won't show up, it's that simple." Caitlin interrupted. Again Nora noticed how Barry's facial expression changed when she spoke.

"No, i've already tried that. You always end up there one way or another and each time he tries to kill you." She explained only to be cut off by Sherloque this time. "You say hat he tries to kill her, therefore implying that he doesn't succeed. Or are we missing something?"

"That's because every time, dad sacrifices himself to save her." Nora said and as the words left her mouth everyone's eyes went wide.

Everyone was silent until Barry decided to speak up. "How many time has this happened?"

"Fifty-two times." Nora said. "And every single time it ends up with you dying and telling Caitlin that..." She stopped herself from saying what would happen but it was already too late. "Tell her what?" Barry asked and she didn't reply. "Nora?" He asked again.

"That... that you love her."

I've got about 6 more chapters of this story already written and a few more that i still have to do. Unfortunately i don't know when i will write those as i have a lot to do in the coming weeks. So i thought i'd just release what i already had.

Anyways, i hope you liked it so far. :D